ALi M1541/M1621 AGP Driver Version 1.10
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INTRODUCTION
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This file contains a variety of information you should read before
installing ALi AGP drivers. This setup program contains two drivers,
AgartD.VXD and ALiPCIMP.PCI. AgartD.VXD is the graphics address
remapping table(GART) management for ALi M1541/M1621 chipsets at
Windows 95. ALiPCIMP.PCI is the PCI miniport driver provides seven
services to PCI for ALi M1541 and M1621 at Windows 98.
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CONTENTS OF THIS DOCUMENT
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This document contains the following sections:
1. System Requirements
2. Contents of the Distribution Package
3. Installation Instructions
4. Uninstallation Instructions
5. Manual Installation
6. Verifying Installation of the Driver
7. Verifying Validation of the AGP Functionality
8. Identifying the Drivers Version Number
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1. System requirements
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Windows 95:
1. Microsoft Windows 95 OSR2.1 or later version
2. ALi M1541 AGP Driver (AgartD.VXD)
3. AGP VGA Card with Driver
4. Direct X5
Windows 98:
1. Microsoft Windows 98
2. ALi M1541/M1621 AGP Driver (ALiPCIMP.PCI)
3. AGP VGA Card with Driver
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2. CONTENTS OF THE DISTRIBUTION PACKAGE
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The ALi M1541/M1621 AGP Driver for Windows 95/Windows 98, Version 1.03 release
package contains the following items:
Size File
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120 DATA.TAG
11,460 data1.cab
4,557 lang.dat
354 layout.bin
417 os.dat
7,164 README.TXT
59,904 SETUP.EXE
83 SETUP.INI
56,089 setup.ins
49 setup.lid
320,133 _INST32I.EX_
8,192 _ISDEL.EXE
11,264 _SETUP.DLL
205,938 _sys1.cab
44,993 _user1.cab
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3. Installation Instructions
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Windows 95:
1. Install Windows 95 OSR2 or later version.
2. Upgrade Windows 95 to version OSR2.1 by running USBSUPP.EXE.
We can get this file from Microsoft (www.microsoft.com).
3. Install Microsoft DirectX 5.0 or later version.
We can get this driver from Microsoft too.
4. Install ALi M1541 AGP Driver
- run this setup program named "setup.exe".
- this program will detect the Windows version automatically
and modify the registry to load the proper driver.
5. Install VGA driver for Windows 95.
Windows 98:
1. Install Windows 98.
2. Install ALi M1541/M1621 AGP Driver
- run this setup program named "setup.exe".
- this program will detect the Windows version automatically
and modify the registry to load the proper driver.
3. Install VGA driver.
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4. Uninstallation Instructions
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Windows 95 and Windows 98:
1. Open "Control Panel" folder
2. Invoke "Add\Remove Programs" icon
3. Choose "uninstall ALi M1541/M1621 drivers" item
4. Click on "Add/Remove" button to remove drivers.
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5. Manual Installation
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After installation, the following drivers are stored as listed.
<Windows 95 directory>\System\AgartD.VXD
<Windows 95 directory>\System\ALiPCIMP.PCI
We can backup those files and install drivers manually in the future.
Windows 95:
1. Copy AgartD.VXD to "<Windows 95 directory>\System\" directory.
2. Add a key "AGARTD" in the registry:
KEY:"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\AGARTD"
with:
NAME:StaticVxD
DATA:"AgartD.VXD"
Windows 98 (M1541 chipset):
1. Copy ALiPCIMP.PCI to "<Windows 95 directory>\System\" directory.
2. Add a key "154110b9" in the registry:
KEY:"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\PCI\GARTMINIPORT\154110B9"
with:
NAME DATA
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Instance 00 00 00 00
Name "ALiM1541/M1621"
Path "ALiPCIMP.PCI"
Windows 98 (M1621 chipset):
1. Copy ALiPCIMP.PCI to "<Windows 95 directory>\System\" directory.
2. Add a key "162110b9" in the registry:
KEY:"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\PCI\GARTMINIPORT\162110B9"
with:
NAME DATA
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Instance 00 00 00 00
Name "ALiM1541/M1621"
Path "ALiPCIMP.PCI"
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6. Verifying Installation of the Driver
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To make sure if the ALI M1541/M1621 AGP driver is properly installed,
We need run "Regedit" and check whether the key AGARTD exists in
the following path
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD"
for Windows 95 or the NAME/DATA pair 'Path "ALiPCIMP.PCI" ' exists in
the following path
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\PCI\GARTMINIPORT\154110B9"
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\PCI\GARTMINIPORT\162110B9"
for Windows 98.
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7. Verifying Validation of the AGP Functionality
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To check whether the AGP mechanism is able to activate, we can try the
anyone of the following:
1. a. Open the "Control Panel" folder
b. Invoke "Direct X" icon
c. Click on "Direct Draw" tab
d. Check if the video memory is more than the VGA card's memory.
If it is, that means the AGP can be activated properly.
If the "Direct X" icon doesn't exist, please get DirectX 5.0 SDK from
http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/directx/dxf/sdk5.0/default.htm (
idx5sdk.exe or idx5sdkm.exe). After unpacking, run setup.exe in the
root directory to start the SDK setup. Select "DirectX runtime only"
from the Setup Type selection dialog box.
2. run ddtest.exe in the previous DirectX 5.0 SDK unpacking_dir\sdk\bin
directory. Click the "Connect" button. Check if the "Total Vmem" is
more than the VGA card's memory.
3. get the debug or retail versions of the DirectX 5 runtime from previous
WWW site (idx5dbg.exe or idx5rdst.exe). Run dxtool.exe in the
unpacking_dir\debug\directx or unpacking_dir\redist\directx. Check the
value of "DirectDraw\Primary Display Driver\Total Video Memory".
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8. Identifying the Drivers Version Number
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The version of the drivers can be obtained by querying the driver file's
properties under File Manager.
After installation, the following driver are stored as listed.
<Windows directory>\System\AgartD.VXD
<Windows directory>\System\ALiPCIMP.PCI
1. Invoke the "Explorer" application.
2. Select the driver file.
3. Open the "File" menu.
4. Click on the "Properties" item.
5. Click on the "Version" tab.
6. The driver's version should be listed in the "File version" or "Product
Version".
Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
For more help, visit our Driver Support section for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.